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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Operation_Chariot
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
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gptkbp:casualtiesAllied
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169 killed
215 captured
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gptkbp:casualtiesGerman
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about 360 killed or wounded
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Charles_Newman
gptkb:Robert_Ryder
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gptkbp:commanderGerman
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Karl-Konrad Mecke
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gptkbp:conductedBy
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:date
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28 March 1942
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gptkbp:followedBy
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increased German defenses on the Atlantic coast
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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St. Nazaire 1942
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkb:British_Commandos
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:St._Nazaire,_France
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gptkbp:notableFor
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one of the most daring commando raids of WWII
use of HMS Campbeltown as a ram ship
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gptkbp:objective
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destroy the Normandie dry dock to prevent its use by German battleships
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Second_World_War
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gptkbp:precededBy
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planning and training in early 1942
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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rendered the dry dock unusable for the rest of the war
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gptkbp:target
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Normandie dry dock
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:HMS_Campbeltown
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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